*click for larger Many thanks to Al Green for sending in the above photo of an old Hoylake Scouts Brigade (is that the right terminology?) at their new HQ. Al comments that on the back of the … [Read more...]

I haven't checked, but I reckon that the above old shop doorway is the nearest Hoylake can offer as a ghost sign. A ghost sign is old hand-painted advertising signage that has been preserved on a … [Read more...]

Here's a super view of a Hoylake sunset taken this Wednesday evening by Kate (age 11 from Hoylake). You can enjoy views like this during this summer simply by going down to the prom - you don't … [Read more...]

I've been browsing through my archives and stopped on this very old image kindly sent to me by Paul Doleman. I like the way the photographer has captured the people chatting on the street corners … [Read more...]

Yes I know, it's really not a great photo ...but the potential story behind it could be quite interesting. The photo shows an old glass jar semi-buried in a hole in one of the hills in Queens Park. … [Read more...]

Many thanks to Joan Howell for sending in these super old photos of Hoylake. Joan says of the above photo: This was a photo from my mum's collection (May Ball who lived all of her 95 years in … [Read more...]

*click for larger Many thanks to Gerry Mort for this rare image of a WWII Victory Parade marching along Market Street. Gerry sent in the image in response to my request last week for more photos of … [Read more...]

It's been snowing all day today pretty much in Hoylake. Before 7am there was quite a nice blanket of clean, white snow everywhere but by 9am it was well on its way to morphing into rather wet, … [Read more...]

*click for larger The view could perhaps be anywhere though in fact it's the dawn sky above Meols looking in the direction of Wallasey and Liverpool. Many thanks to Vaughan Williams for sending me … [Read more...]